Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-02

! hRSiOcS TOT tNe QfOUtS ne won u nave
made had be work ed, and tor rent OF shop.
lie also asks pay for building a little
bridge for bis own accommodation, aud
for cleaning the mud from his shop. The
floor OF this shop is below the level OF the
street, and besides it is n wooden build
Ing In the fire limits. Council will prob
ably pay him small damages, and then
order that this building be used no longer
rs blacksmith shop.
j. NJ. Smith, OF Dublin, started last
| Tuesday a large raft OF timber down the
! Oconee river to Darlen, with crew OF
| four mon. He ordered the crew to run
night aud day. On Friday night, while
turning a bend in the river, the raft broke
! to pieces ana all of the crew eXCept the
pilot were drowned. He saved himself
! by cllngiag o the floating timbers until he
could reach the bank. 1t is said that the
! rait contained eighty-siX pieces, which
| would average 1000 feet each. The RAFT,
! II 10 said, was poorly put together, and
/ one crew refused to 90 on 1t, when Smith
| employed another. Smith was warned by
! old river men not to attempt The running
OF such a raft, as 1t would be wrecked,
but he paid no attention to the warning.
His timber is complete loss.
saturday Lindsay johnson, of Rome,
received teie lr8m from " OodburY stat
Ing that his brother, A. Clay Johnson,
was at the point OF death, and to come at
once. He AMI his wife left Rome about
o'clock sunday morning and arrived in
Griffin al 8:05 a, m, and proceeded al
once 10 Woodbury.. After arriving within
ABOUT six miles OF that village they were
surprised 10 meet friends carrying the re-
mains to Griffin, from whence they were
carried to Rome for interment. Up to the
time OF his death Mr.. johnson had been
engaged in the saw mill and lumber bust
ness at Woodbury.. a few weeks ago a
log fell on him, aud from the inilrcsSre-
Ce!yed erysipelas set IN, from wnlCH dis
ease he died. Mr.. johnson was gradd-
ate Of Yale College and WAS young man
oil high standing.
A gentleman from Madison, iu speak
ing OtJ. Randall Brown, the mind reader,
tells us that there are several ladies in
his place who possess that gltt, and one
Of them 10 the extent almost equal TO Mr.
Brown. The lady is tno wife OF prOmi-
ncnt citizen, and she does not wish her
name given publicity, but she does not
object to giving private exhibitions OF her
powers. and frequently does so at gather
ings in that little city. She herself does
not know the secret of the wonderful gift,
but says that she believes it to be the eX.
ercise OF a more powerful mind over hers,
and she ,uncOrsciOusly follows lis guild
ance. The lady is very proficient in the
hiding test, and can at once walk t. the
spot where any article is secreted, pro-
yided she Is permitted to grasp the hand
OF the person that concealed it. Her ac-
lions are similar to those OF Prof. Brown.
This lady is OF avery highly nervous tenn
permanent, and her only objection to giving
displays of her power is that she is COM
pletely Frustrated tor some time after
ward.
The excitement and enthusiasm attend
ing the recent mineral discoveries I'm and
about Tunnel Hill is great, and develop
neDts are now being made which will
work wonders. The attention of capital
lists h. been directed TO the rich and in
exhAustible mineral deposits in the vicin.
ity Of the tunnel, and prospecting and
| experimental tests is the order Of the day.
a gentleman OF that place, who has been
/ prospecting quite extensively through
| nut the whole ighbOrhood, says that the
| deposits of iron and man Ianese are prac-
ticaily incXhaustiole, and the quality
! OF ore, IL every instance, as fine AS any
| found IN any mining LOCALITY in the United
| States. Two miles from Tunnel Hin, oR
the ridge leading TO CatOosa Springs, thu
finest and largest deposits of manganese
| have been discovered. According o tue
! report made by state Chemist n. A. Pratt
| the crystalli2cd manganese, of winch
| there are two kinds, the peroxide and
! prOtoXide, viii assay % 40 per cent. and
70 per cent. respectively. The nodular
| manganese, which is also found there. as
| saws y SO per cent. A vein of phOsilIph.
| erous iron ore one mile long has also been
| discovered near the tunnel. which is SINH
lar to that at Birmingham, Ala.
Atlanta correspondence Macon Tele.
| graph: One OF the important questions
TO come up NJ the summer session OF the
Legislature is the proposed Improvement
Of the insurance laws Of the state as in.
cOrporated in the bIll introduced in the
Senate by Mr.. Powell, of the Twenty thi rd
district. In his efforts TO carry out the
present laws, Comptroller General Wrig1t
has made an exhaustive study Of the in.
surahce question and viii be able 70 con.
tribute some valuable suggestions 10 the
General Assembly. have had q talk
with him, in the course OF which he sug
2ested that the Telegraph call attention
to an existing hagrant violation 81 cur in
| surance laws. He expressed the opinion
that at least ouG-tnird of the insurance
business done in the citiesu Georgia Is
done by agents OF companies that have nc
| authority 20 do business in thls State.
this be true the insurance men who pay
the taxes and fees required BY law ough
10 expose it, and, il possible, bring the
guilty ones to justice. The Comptroller
General Is after them with a sharp stick
but it is almost Impossible for him L
reach them AT. The insurance companies
which comply with the law are dIrectll
interested iu putting a stop TO this contra
band business. AT present the re
ceipts of the State from the Las
insurance companies aud the license
ices required Of them amount to $40,
95S IS, distributed as iollo~s: Fire com
panies, $l6,5lS o.: lie, 81, $50 10; assess
ment, $l,374 81, and accident 500 81
The total would b. very much lnr.er i
the law could be strictly enforced, and ia,
Comptroller hopes that he will be able /,
do It yet. He las just prepared ana hat
printed list OF insurance agents whC
have paid thataX required and are entitled
to do business in this State. This list vii
be scattered broadcast throughout the
counties Of the state.
A few days ago Prof +. j. N. DAILY, At
torney Tor the Jesuits, VINO are repre-
sented at Macon by Rev. Father Builder,
OF the southern province, and who re
Gently bought tue Pic Mono College build
ing and grounds, purchased from T.. }
Cline the Harris residence. corner Poplar
and New streets, giving 81, 1jJ therefor
! Thursday Prof. DAILY purchased iOg The
Jesuits the residence on New street ad
joining tue Harris property, now oCcu.
pied by Mallory Taylor ard owned by
l.. W. Hunt giyiag 81, 500 for it. Both OF
these were cash transactions. This
property has been purchased for the
purpose OF erecting thereon q handsome